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***Auction Highlight*** 1810 Lg Date Large 5 BD-4 Gold Capped Bust Half Eagle $5 Graded au58 Details

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:25.00 USD Estimated At:5,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD
***Auction Highlight*** 1810 Lg Date Large 5 BD-4 Gold Capped Bust Half Eagle $5 Graded au58 Details
***Auction Highlight*** 1810 Lg Date Large 5 BD-4 Gold Capped Bust Half Eagle $5 Graded au58 Details By SEGS. Offered is an appealing Choice AU example of a popular early half eagle variety that will no doubt find its next home in an advanced gold type set. Light golden yellow patina blankets surfaces that retain plenty of satiny mint luster, generally in the protected areas within and around the devices. The strike is suitably bold in and around the centers, with softness of strike minor. There is only the expected light rub and wispy handling marks from light commercial use. The four known die marriages of the 1810 half eagle correspond to the four varieties listed for this issue in the Guide Book. BD-4 is the Large Date, Large 5 pairing, the obverse of which was previously used to strike the BD-3 Large Date, Small 5 variety and the reverse in its only use. An early die state example in a/a, the present coin displays no evidence of clashing, lapping or cracks on either side. This AU-58 details 1810 Large Date, Large 5 half eagle would serve with distinction in a high quality gold type set.